Hat-pin guard.



A. M. WINTERBOTTOM.

HAT PIN G ARD. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2.1918,

1,277,806. Patented Sept. 3, 19 18.

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HAT-PIN GUARD.

Application filed February 2, 1918.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, AeNns M. VVINTER- BOTTOM, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in- Hat-P111 Guards, of which the 'followlng 1s a specification.

This invention relates to protectors for hat pins and aims to provide a simple, neat and attractive article which may be quickly secured to or removed from the point of a hat pin to cover the same and prevent the accidental removal of the pin from the hat.

lVith this end the invention includes a pair of complemental sections preferably shaped in the form of the head of a bird, the said sections being pivotally connected together and having their opposed faces divergently arranged upon one side of a pivot, the faces upon the opposite side of the pivot forming a normally closed chamber, which is yieldingly maintained in such closed condition through the-medium of a coil spring which surrounds the pivot of the sections, one wall of the chamber carrying a transversely disposed pin, which is adapted to engage an opening provided in the end of ahat pin.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the improved protector secured upon the end of a hat pin;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 41 is a section similar to Fig. 2, the protector being shown open or in position to receive the pin.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates the protector, which includes sections 11 and 12, which are joined together at a point intermediate. their ends by a pivot pin 13. The pin 13 is adapted to pass through cars 14: provided upon each side of each of the sections 11 and 12, the ends of the pivot pin being riveted to hold the same in position. The opposed faces of Specification of Letters Patent.

claimed is I The co1nb1nat1onw1th a hat p1n having an opening therein, of a protector embody- Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

Serial No. 215,113.

the sections 11 and 12 are formed upon one side of the pivot v13 with outwardly divergent walls 15, which areconnected together at each side by any suitable connection which will permit of their movement away from and toward one another. This connection may be in the form of a flexible connection 16 as shown, or side flanges may be provided upon one of .the sections to overlap the other section. A similar connection 17 is provided at the end of the walls 15. The opposed faces at the opposite side of the pivot pin 13 are hollowed out to form a chamber 18, the side walls of which normally contact as shown at 19 in Fig. 1. This chamber forms the bill of the bird and its extremity is provided with an entrance opening 20. The chamber 18 is normally held in closed position through the influence of a coil spring 21, which surrounds the pivot pin 13 and has its ends contacting with the divergent faces 15 as shown at 22.

Secured to one of the'walls of the chamber 18 and extending transversely across the latter is a pin 23, the free end of the pin contacting the adjacent wall of the chamber when the latter is closed. This pin is adapted for passage through an opening 24 provided in the end of the hat pin 25.

WVhen it is desired to adjust or remove the protector, the bill of the bird within which the chamber 18 is formed is opened by pressing uponthe head so as to move the sections 11 and 12 upon the pivot 13. The end of the pin 25 may then be readily adjusted upon the pin 23 or removed therefrom asthe case may be. Vhile the protector is shown and described in the form of the head of a bird, it may be made in various other shapes or configurations, the one illustrated merely serving to show one of these various forms.

Having described the invention, what is ing a pair of complemental sections, a pivot p1n connecting sald sections together 1ntermedlate their ends, the opposed faces of said sections diverging from their pivotal point the chamber in contact and a pin secured to at one side thereof, a chamber formed in the one inner Wall of the chamber and extendopposed faces of said sections at the oppoing transversely of the latter for passage 10 site side of the pivotal point, a coiled spring through the hat pin opening.

surrounding the pivot pin and having its In; testimony whereof I afl ix my signature. ends engaging the divergent faces of the V sections t normally h l the sidewalls 01: AGNES MAY WINTERBOTTOM.

Copies of this patent may'be obtained fonfive cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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